Culminating with President Barack Obama's address last night, the lights have dimmed on the stages in both Tampa and Charlotte, and candidates, surrogates, and campaigners are back on the road trying to drum up support in battleground areas and key swing states. Now that all is said and done from the conventions, we still have a whole lot to talk about from the RNC and DNC--including what left us with tears in our eyes, and made us want to jump out of our seats and try and try to get even our pets registered to vote ASAP. Let's review!

Culminating with President Barack Obama's address last night, the lights have dimmed on the stages in both Tampa and Charlotte, and candidates, surrogates, and campaigners are back on the road trying to drum up support in battleground areas and key swing states. Now that all is said and done from the conventions, we still have a whole lot to talk about from the RNC and DNC--including what left us with tears in our eyes, and made us want to jump out of our seats and try and try to get even our pets registered to vote ASAP. Let's review!

"Hope and Change had a powerful appeal. But tonight I'd ask a simple question: If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama? You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him."

Ann Romney

"This is the man America needs. This is the man who will wake up every day with the determination to solve the problems that others say can't be solved, to fix what others say is beyond repaid. This is the man who will work harder than anyone so that we can work a little less hard."

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

"We need to give parents greater choice--particularly poor parents whose kids--most often minorities--are trapped in failing neighborhood schools. This is the civil rights struggle of our day. If we do anything less, we will condemn generations to joblessness, hopelessness and dependence on the government dole. To do anything less is to endanger our global economic competitiveness. To do anything less is to tear apart the fabric of who we are and cement a turn toward grievance and entitlement."

Saratoga Springs, Utah Mayor Mia Love

"My parents immigrated to the US with $10 in their pockets, believing that the America they had heard about really did exist. When times got tough, they didn't look to Washington, they looked within. So the American I came to know was centered in personal responsibility and filled with the American dream."

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez

"Before I ran for District Attorney, two Republicans invited my husband and me to lunch. And I know a party-switch was exactly what they wanted. So, I told Chuck, we'll be polite, enjoy a free lunch and then say goodbye. But we talked about issues. They never used the words Republican, or Democrat, conservative or liberal. We talked about many issues, like welfare--is it a way of life, or a hand-up? And when we left that lunch, we got in the car and I looked over at Chuck and said, I'll be damned, we're Republicans."

Oh, and yes, there was Clint Eastwood. But I'll leave that one to you all to add in the comments if you'd like.

"We don't think government can solve all our problems. But we don't think that the government is the source of all our problems--any more than are welfare recipients, or corporations, or unions, or immigrants, or gays, or any other group we're told to blame for our troubles."

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First Lady Michelle Obama

"I have seen firsthand that being president does not change who you are. No, it reveals who you are."

Massachusetts Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren

"No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people. People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, and they die. And that matters. That matters because we don't run this country for corporations, we run it for people."

Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm

"In Romney's world, the cars get the elevator, and the workers get the shaft."

Sandra Fluke

"Over the last six months, I've seen what these two futures look like. And six months from now, we'll all be living in one or the other. But only one. A country where our president either has our back or turns his back; a country that honors our foremothers by moving us forward, or one that forces our generation to re-fight the battles they already won; a country where we mean it when we talk about personal freedom, or one where that freedom doesn't apply to our bodies and our voices."

Even if you didn't see a single second of either convention, just a glance over the quotes from the 10 speeches above reveals how contentious every moment will be until November 6. (That's Election Day--though I may have mentioned that one or two [million] times before.) And, if these speeches make you want to go back and take a closer look at some of our RNC and DNC coverage, we don't blame you--click and make it happen.

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__So, now it's time to talk: Who got you fired up? Who got you angry? Who surprised you? Who made you cry? Who confused you? Who was the best speaker overall?

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